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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never do that in a million years.  You are not wrong for opposing such a drastic move, OP.  [/quote]

This. Was just talking about this scenario with Dan last night. My mom is generally a typical selfish boomer. When my dad was dying of cancer, and they were 10 hours away and I had a 1 and 4 year olds d no childcare, I felt so guilty that I didn’t just drop everything and go be with him for weeks at the end. My mom told me (and this was a huge gift) that my dad understood. He had small kids and remembers what it was like. Your father won’t leave his younger kids, why should you? You shouldn’t. And you definitely shouldn’t sacrifice your business. I’m so sorry that is a sucky situation for everyone. Your dad needs to hire care. You CANNOT be his caregiver. You can go for two night or so every few weeks and say your goodbyes.  That’s reasonable. [/quote]

This poster nails it

He won't move away from his kids, why should you spend a lot of time apart from your much younger ones
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